Toronto Maple Leafs

Ten in the roaring twenties

The Buffalo Sabres have now scored fourteen goals in two games, against the Tampa Bay Lightning and last night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ten of those goals came in the two games’ second periods.

I admit that I nodded off in the third period last night so I didn’t see the three goal outbreak that ended the game.

I did see the Leafs go up very quickly in the first, on two back-to-back power play scores. It looked to me much like the Ottawa game a few nights ago—when Buffalo got in penalty trouble early, lost momentum, wore out their PK unit, and ended up losing. I was hoping that the outcome wouldn’t be the same against Toronto, of course.

In the second twenty minutes against Toronto—similar to the previous game against Tampa Bay—the Sabres racked up an impressive four goals. Buffalo seems to really jump ahead in the second period. Unfortunately, the Maple Leafs ended the period with the game-tying momentum of two goals.

The final minutes were key. I didn’t see what transpired—I woke back up for the postgame, where I found out only who won without learning the score—but the recap tells the story. Three Sabres goals crossed the line, the last two of which were on an empty net.

Maybe I should doze off more often during games. Yeah … that already happens too much.

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